Research agenda
Party responsiveness across policy issues
Publications
Lehmann, Felix (2026) Everything for the fans: Party responsiveness across the EU over time, European Journal of Political Research, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1475676526100735
In progress
Lehmann, Felix (2026) Do they listen when it matters? How issue salience and contestation shape party responsiveness, Unpublished Manuscript.
The consequences of intra-party divisions
Publications
Lehmann, Felix (2026) When does accommodation fail? The electoral consequences of intra-party divisions and mainstream party strategies, West European Politics, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2026.2625601
Lehmann, Felix. (2025). Keeping the team together: how intra-party divisions shape party behavior across issues, Journal of European Public Policy, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2539292
Lehmann, Felix (2025) Why accommodate? How niche pressure and intraparty divisions shape mainstream party strategies, Journal of European Public Policy, 32:10, 2331-2356, https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.240832
In progress
Lehmann, Felix (2026) Intra-party divisions and the electoral success of party policy shifts, Unpublished Manuscript.
Party competition on European integration
In progress
Lehmann, Felix (2025) Do voters punish mainstream parties for accommodating Euroscepticism?, Unpublished Manuscript.
National parliaments and the EU
Publications
Lehmann, Felix (2023). ‘Talking about Europe? Explaining the salience of the European Union in the plenaries of 17 national parliaments during 2006–2019’, European Union Politics, 24:2, 370–389. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165221143962
Persson, Thomas, Christer Karlsson, Felix Lehmann, and Moa Mårtensson (2024) Drivers of parliamentary opposition in European Union politics: institutional factors or party characteristics?’ Journal of European Public Policy, 31:3, 756–781. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2022.2162567